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Sir Arthur Eddington

(1882-1944), Astronomer

Sitter in 31 portraits
Plumian Professor of Astronomy, Cambridge. The loss of so many distinguished young scientists in the early years of the First World War caused the Government to 'protect its potential national treasures' and Eddington, a Quaker, was not conscripted. The Government's faith was fully justified by the important part Eddington played in the analysis of the Solar Eclipse in 1919. His findings helped to provide the proof of Einstein's Theories of Relativity and he did much to make theoretical physics comprehensible to the general public in a number of important books.

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Sir Arthur Eddington, by William Rothenstein - NPG 4646

Sir Arthur Eddington

by William Rothenstein
chalk, 1928-1929
NPG 4646

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x162468

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1925
NPG x162468

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Walter Benington, for Elliott & Fry - NPG x82130

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Walter Benington, for Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, before 1926
NPG x82130

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Howard Coster - NPG Ax136080

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1936
NPG Ax136080

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Howard Coster - NPG Ax136146

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1936
NPG Ax136146

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Howard Coster - NPG x11548

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11548

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Howard Coster - NPG x11550

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11550

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x1437

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, July 1938
NPG x1437

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x19431

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 30 May 1939
NPG x19431

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x19432

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 30 May 1939
NPG x19432

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x19433

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 30 May 1939
NPG x19433

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x19434

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 30 May 1939
NPG x19434

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x84153

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 30 May 1939
NPG x84153

Sir Arthur Eddington, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x84154

Sir Arthur Eddington

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 30 May 1939
NPG x84154

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1925
NPG x162360

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1925
NPG x25112

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1936
NPG Ax3522

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1936
NPG x10680

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11538

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11539

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11540

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11541

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11542

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11543

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11544

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11545

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11546

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11547

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11549

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x11551

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Sir Arthur Eddington

by Walter Stoneman
copy negative, 1943
NPG x164904

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